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I live in DC metro area (in Rockville, MD) and in Jan 2010 I'm expecting my first child. I registered with Shady Grove Adventist Hospital which is very near to my home. I have also taken a hospital tour in their maternity ward and I really liked the ambience and facilities. I just want to know if anybody in this forum have any experience with this hospital... like to know their feedback...
I don't know about the current situation, but many doctors used to avoid it like the plague. It's nickname was "Shady Grave." They have had trouble keeping their accreditation.
I believe we should know the bottom line on all hospitals especially one that professes to be one of religous proportions. The Shady Grove Adventist Hospital did have problem in 1999 and if anyone can truthfully say they have never had any financial or problems of any defree is really not telling the truth. However, very few if any readers of this blog can truthfully attest that they have bee scouping up or taking an excesssive amount of salary like the administrators of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital have been caught doing (Adventist Today, Jan15 2000) ....Nothing to do with competinance it has everything to do with ethics...
There are many sites that say the hospital had problems and the importatnt unknown fact is that no one has said how it is doing today.....I believe that it is as good as any other hospital in the area.
My mom and dad taught us kids the Adventist way of life and we all have heard that there was a family who had a child that either passed away or became very very sick because their Adventist mom and dad believed that God would take care of any person who was sick.....I do not believe in that thought because I would have died a few times in Vietnam and after I returned home....
The key move here is to do a thorough check on any hospital you plan on using. It doesn't matter if your uncle is the chief surgeon or chief administrator because we all understand that when money comes into the picture anyone can become an instant criminal in God's eyes.
and we all have heard that there was a family who had a child that either passed away or became very very sick because their Adventist mom and dad believed that God would take care of any person who was sick...
That's Christian Scientists. The Adventists take a very progressive approach to modern medicine and wellness. Hence the multiple health systems (three that I can think of) run by the Church.
Unless that family belonged to some offshoot sect it certainly wasn't the church telling them to do that.
About 13 years ago if you were having a child, I would urge you not to go to SG. They had accrediation problems for a while. I don't know if it's changed however so good of you to ask.
That's Christian Scientists. The Adventists take a very progressive approach to modern medicine and wellness. Hence the multiple health systems (three that I can think of) run by the Church.
Unless that family belonged to some offshoot sect it certainly wasn't the church telling them to do that.
Christian Scientists: not to be confused with Christians who happen to be Scientists, are a cult, that in no way have any serious following to the point that they would be funding two major hospitals (Shady Grove, and Washington) in a county of 1 mill, adjacent to a major city, With even one shred of accreditation.
Adventist: similar to other Protestant Christian Churches, who happen to emphasize health and wellness.
Christian Scientists: not to be confused with Christians who happen to be Scientists, are a cult, that in no way have any serious following to the point that they would be funding two major hospitals (Shady Grove, and Washington) in a county of 1 mill, adjacent to a major city, With even one shred of accreditation.
Adventist: similar to other Protestant Christian Churches, who happen to emphasize health and wellness.
I think that's what I was basically saying.
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